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Far from a ‘shoe-in’: Fading 2016 candidate Jeb Bush sports black shoes held together by tape

  • Jeb Bush was spotted Sunday at a rally in New...

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    Jeb Bush was spotted Sunday at a rally in New Hampshire sporting shoes held together with a piece of tape.

  • Jeb Bush was spotted wearing the shoes at a town...

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    Jeb Bush was spotted wearing the shoes at a town hall in New Hampshire Sunday.

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Jeb Bush’s 2016 campaign is falling apart and, if his footwear is any indication, so is he.

The fading Republican presidential candidate was spotted Sunday at a rally in New Hampshire sporting shoes held together with a piece of gray tape.

In a shot of the former Florida governor at a town hall in Nashua, N.H., Bush’s black shoes featured the multi-purpose adhesive attaching the sole of his left shoe to the body.

The unfortunate choice of old footwear represents a walking metaphor for Bush’s hobbled campaign, which limps into the Granite State’s Tuesday primary trailing in polls.

Jeb Bush was spotted wearing the shoes at a town hall in New Hampshire Sunday.
Jeb Bush was spotted wearing the shoes at a town hall in New Hampshire Sunday.

Bush, who entered the race last year seen as a presumptive front-runner, has failed to attract support across the nation.

He finished sixth in last week’s Iowa caucuses, with only 2.8% support and is running in fifth place in most New Hampshire polls ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

Bush is widely expected to drop out of the race without a top-four finish in the Granite State.